Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was a fun – filled weekend, especially because 4 other adoptive families were in town for our trip to the US Embassy in Guatemala City.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Next month will be the first meeting and we’ll be talking about the current issue of Adoptive Families and discussing the book for the next meeting.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We want the adoptive families to have a good time and go away with good feelings about CSC and the Philippines.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It opened his eyes, and his focus changed from adoptive families to mothers and children.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Their family was poor and sometimes didn’t have enough food, so several of the kids went to foster homes and adoptive families.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
4) Large adoptive families provide an easier transition for adoptive children.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Informer: Youth New birth Authority Services Takeover agencies, therapists, not expend groups, mocking professionals, alive on old duffer unsophisticate adoptive families.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The project would build a community of homes, on the former John Ball School site, where foster children would be placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Woofstock ’08, a Pet Adoption Music Festival, is an event with fun activities, auctions, education about your pets, and a day to find adoptive families for pets who have lived in shelters and rescue groups’ foster homes.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It seems as though this population control policy can make adoptive families of Chinese children feel as though their hands are washed clean of any of the ethical conundrums that can plague other programs such as Ethiopia.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Now, with a brood of unruly artifacts clamoring for new homes, she has sought out a venue to find adoptive families for her works.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The baby name Evan is a good one for both Christian and Jewish adoptive families because of its meaning,’ ’ the Lord is gracious.”
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In Wikipedia:
The site is also based, in part, on the Smolin’s personal experience in the field of international adoption, and the Smolins are unabashedly dedicated to reforming intercountry adoption “so that it may consistently and reliably assist all members of the adoption triad (birth families, adoptees, and adoptive families).
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
That includes staffing levels, how open the agency is with adoptive families and how well it relates with people in foreign countries.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Stop by for a visit…. we’re just getting it up and running, but you can jump right in and share your pictures, your stories, your advice to other adoptive families.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Recruit more adoptive families within Detroit?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The whole organization was develped by the Ethiopian community in St. Paul out of their desire to provide adoptive families with a resource to teach their children about Ethiopian culture and language.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Increasingly, adoptive families have relied on an expanding network of resources (adoption agency post – adoption services, Korean culture camps, mentoring programs, Korean language programs, etc) to incorporate Korean culture into the adoptive family’s life and to build ties for the KAD with other KADs and with Korean Americans from an early age.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
August 30th was the monthly Ethiopian Adoptive families play date in Little Ethiopia.
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(. .)))
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